The girl was thin and wore a somewhat tattered cloth garment.
Because of the torrential rain, her clothes were completely soaked.
Even so, Tang Lan could still see that both of the girl's arms were covered in blisters left by flames.
"Father, Mother... sob, sob, sob~~~"
The two corpses on the ground, one male and one female, both appeared to be middle-aged. Tang Lan recognized at a glance that they were the little girl's parents.
Beneath their bodies, their blood had long since pooled together into two puddles of bloody water.
At some unknown moment, rumbling thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. Tang Lan did not know whether Azure Flood Dragon had caused it, or whether Heaven itself truly pitied this little girl.
"How did you survive?"
Tang Lan stood beside the girl and asked.
The girl then gave a more detailed account of what had happened. In short, her parents had hidden her in a haystack.
Because she was so small and thin, those mountain bandits had not noticed her.
The girl had watched helplessly as her parents were killed.
At that moment, even Tang Lan's eyes held a trace of sympathy, soon followed by heartfelt admiration.
The fact that the girl had endured without making a sound and had not run out meant that she possessed a steadfast will that others lacked.
At that moment, Tang Lan saw nothing but endless hatred in the girl's eyes. That hatred was like flames, seemingly engulfing her entire soul.
"Do you want to avenge your parents?"
After a long silence, Tang Lan suddenly spoke.
Tang Lan's voice entered the girl's ears like a devil's whisper.
"Yes! Can you help me?"
The girl answered Tang Lan's question almost without hesitation. She slowly raised her head, and her once-clear eyes had long since